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Men's and Women's Tennis Claim ITA Academic Team and Individual Awards
7/24/2018 4:30:00 PM | Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis
Both teams honored, while six individual men and six individual women earn accolades
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Creighton men's and women's tennis teams each earned 2018 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Academic Team awards, while six men and six women were honored individually, the ITA announced on Tuesday, July 24.
The Bluejays men's tennis team claimed a 3.52 team GPA during the past academic year. Individually, Armando Gandini, Joe Hoff, Brooks Kendall, Daniel Lopez-Rey, Marko Vukalovic, Michael Koch each earned ITA Scholar-Athlete Recognition.
On the women's side, the Bluejay squad earned a 3.55 team GPA during the 2017-18 academic year. Claire Embree, Erin Epperson, Ashley Ishimura, Kendra Lavallee, Ashley Monaco and Darby Rosette each received recognition as ITA Scholar-Athletes. The women's tennis program also earned an APR Public Recognition Award for the seventh consecutive year, which was announced in May.
In all, 735 teams and 4,328 student-athletes across all five divisions of college tennis were honored.
The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All varsity letter winners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2017 and spring 2018).
In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).
The Bluejays men's tennis team claimed a 3.52 team GPA during the past academic year. Individually, Armando Gandini, Joe Hoff, Brooks Kendall, Daniel Lopez-Rey, Marko Vukalovic, Michael Koch each earned ITA Scholar-Athlete Recognition.
On the women's side, the Bluejay squad earned a 3.55 team GPA during the 2017-18 academic year. Claire Embree, Erin Epperson, Ashley Ishimura, Kendra Lavallee, Ashley Monaco and Darby Rosette each received recognition as ITA Scholar-Athletes. The women's tennis program also earned an APR Public Recognition Award for the seventh consecutive year, which was announced in May.
In all, 735 teams and 4,328 student-athletes across all five divisions of college tennis were honored.
The ITA All-Academic Team award is open to any ITA program that has a cumulative team grade point average of 3.20 or above (on a 4.00 scale). All varsity letter winners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2017 and spring 2018).
In order to earn ITA Scholar-Athlete status a player must meet the following criteria: 1.) be a varsity letter winner, 2.) have a grade point average of at least 3.50 (on a 4.00 scale) for the current academic year, and 3.) have been enrolled at their present school for at least 2 semesters (including freshman through senior year).
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